Posted on 09/09/2008 12:37:22 PM PDT by KarenMarie
During this US election cycle we are hearing a lot from the pundits and candidates about "heartland voters," and "white working class voters."
What they are talking about are rednecks. But in their political correctness, media types cannot bring themselves to utter the word "redneck." So I'll say it for them: redneck-redneck-redneck-redneck.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
I might be over reacting, but I find this article DEEPLY offensive.
How infantile. Right up there with Pee Wee Herman and his whole "I know you are, but what am I?" thing.
“Limies Mourn They No Longer Rule The World”
“Why rednecks may rule the world..”
Certainly better than narcisstic, cowardly, hateful British queers like Joe Bageant....
I’m no redneck. I live in the South. I have been called a redneck by someone from Illinois. I figured he hadn’t gotten out much.
But the author is a self-proclaimed redneck, so that’s alright then...
Redneck rulz. Redneck law. etc. LOL. LET’S go there, it’s got to be an improvement.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
The big question after Tuesday was: will it just be more of the same in George W Bush's second term, or will there be a change of tone? And apparently it's the latter. The great European thinkers have decided that instead of doing another four years of lame Bush-is-a-moron cracks they're going to do four years of lame Americans-are-morons cracks. Inaugurating the new second-term outreach was Brian Reade in the Daily Mirror, who attributed the President's victory to: "The self-righteous, gun-totin', military-lovin', sister-marryin', abortion-hatin', gay-loathin', foreigner-despisin', non-passport-ownin' rednecks, who believe God gave America the biggest dick in the world so it could urinate on the rest of us and make their land 'free and strong'."linkWell, that's certainly why I supported Bush, but I'm not sure it entirely accounts for the other 59,459,765.
I thought it was fine. Not as funny as the “You know you’re a redneck if...” jokes, maybe.
I once brought some Marines from southern states with me into upper New York state, which they found, to their amusement, to be very much like home except for the accent.
That is deeply offensive to all real Americans. The truth is, though, that is how the left (including 0bama) really view middle class America.
Go ahead and spread this.
Is he talking about porn-America?
Don’t worry after another two months this will seem like a paen to America.
Here’s the point-by-point definition in the article:
* Belief that no law is above God’s law, not even the US Constitution.
* Hyper patriotism. A fighting defence of native land, home and heart, even when it is not actually threatened: ie, Iraq, Panama, Grenada, Somalia, Cuba, Nicaragua, Vietnam, Haiti and dozens more with righteous operations titles such as Enduring Freedom, Restore Hope, and Just Cause.
* A love of guns and tremendous respect for the warrior ideal. Along with this comes a strong sense of fealty and loyalty. Fealty to wartime leaders, whether it be FDR or George Bush.
* Self effacement, humility. We are usually the butt of our own jokes, in an effort not to appear aloof among one another.
* Belief that most things outside our own community and nation are inferior and threatening, that the world is jealous of the American lifestyle.
* Personal pride in equality. No man, however rich or powerful, is better than me.
* Perseverance and belief in hard work. If a man or a family is poor, it is because they did not work hard enough. God rewards those who work hard enough. So does the American system.
* The only free country in the world is the United States, and the only reason we ever go to war is to protect that freedom.
I love how a hard core socialist thinks he can write about the plight and stance of the American Midwest…I see nothing more than a smug nasty minded leftist trying to masquerade as a common man. The article is written in a manner that suggests that the people he claims to represent won’t pick up on his obvious disdain for them.
Don't they have some new Sharia Court ruling to report on or some new fatwa to promote?
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